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Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2007	$ millions	% change from 2007
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Siemens	30	123,595	2.8	8,595	69.8
2	Samsung Electronics	40	110,350	4.1	5,027	-37.0
3	Hitachi	52	99,544	1.3	-7,837	N/A
4	LG	69	82,082	0.0	830	-16.4
5	Panasonic	79	77,298	-2.7	-3,772	-252.8
6	Sony	81	76,945	-0.9	-985	-130.4
7	Toshiba	97	66,239	-1.3	-3,420	-406.5
8	Hon Hai Precision Industry	109	61,861	19.4	1,749	-26.1
9	Royal Philips Electronics	195	38,807	4.9	-272	-104.8
10	Mitsubishi Electric	215	36,483	2.9	121	-91.2
11	Sharp	309	28,341	-5.3	-1,252	-240.3
12	Schneider Electric	330	26,802	13.1	2,462	13.6
13	Emerson Electric	350	25,281	12.0	2,412	12.9
14	Tyco International	433	21,420	-43.3	1,553	N/A
15	Sumitomo Electric Industries	437	21,122	-5.1	172	-77.7
16	Whirlpool	488	18,907	-2.8	418	-34.7

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %
1	Siemens	7.0	6.5
2	Samsung Electronics	4.6	6.0
3	Hitachi	-7.9	-8.2
4	LG	1.0	1.6
5	Panasonic	-4.9	-5.8
6	Sony	-1.3	-0.8
7	Toshiba	-5.2	-6.2
8	Hon Hai Precision Industry	2.8	6.5
9	Royal Philips Electronics	-0.7	-0.6
10	Mitsubishi Electric	0.3	0.4
11	Sharp	-4.4	-4.6
12	Schneider Electric	9.2	7.1
13	Emerson Electric	9.5	11.5
14	Tyco International	7.3	5.4
15	Sumitomo Electric Industries	0.8	0.9
16	Whirlpool	2.2	3.1

From the July 20, 2009 issue

Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	140
Japan	68
France	40

Company	2008 Number of Employees
Wal-Mart Stores	2,100,000
China National Petroleum	1,618,393
State Grid	1,537,000

Company	2008 Profits ($ millions)
Exxon Mobil	$45,220
Gazprom	$29,864
Royal Dutch Shell	$26,277

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